This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 158 Lack of Winning Culture
"Zhou, I'm very excited today, your psychological suggestion seems to be very effective!"

Brandon Roy looked at Zhou Lindao.

In fact, after the opening match, Zhou Lin's mentality began to change.

For a long time, Zhou Lin has always been the kind of player who goes with the flow and never likes to take credit, because he knows his own ability, and he also appreciates the method of teamwork.

But this set of peace and indifference is not a good mentality in the NBA.

Zhou Lin's agent, Thomas Jackson, told Zhou Lin that to play in a professional league, one must learn to be selfish and aggressive.

In the NCAA and FIBA, everyone is fighting for honor and dreams, but in the NBA, there are not no people who fight for dreams and honor, but more of them are fighting for money.

The qualities presented by the former two are noble feelings, while the latter is the truth that has fallen into the dust.

Compared with illusory dreams and honors, most players will choose money.

A short NBA career may be the savings of a lifetime in the future.

After entering the NBA, every player cannot sit back and relax. There are people who want to replace you all the time, and you are definitely not the one that cannot be replaced.

Even if you are capable, but on the wrong team and under the wrong system, you are very likely to be a sacrificial child. In the NBA, there is less room for trial and error.

Opportunities are earned.

The prerequisite for saying NO to the world is to prevent the world from saying NO to you.

Yes, Zhou Lin saw that Bernie Bickerstaff was a little stubborn, and he was even not very satisfied with his arrival and the team's decision.

But because he is a prospect and a player designated by the team to be trained, he must give himself a certain amount of playing time, and he is still a starter, but Bickerstaff can use his rhythm to protest the decision of the management. For example, let Zhou Lin make a fake start.

Once he has a few or even a dozen games and fails to achieve results, then Bickerstaff is fully qualified to demote himself as a substitute. If he fails to perform again, then his playing time is likely to be further reduced. After all, there are so many people on the team who want to play.

So Zhou Lin warned himself at the beginning, don't think that entering the NBA will be stable, and you have to get results as soon as possible.

When Bickerstaff can't say NO to himself, he will have the right to speak.

When faced with the strength to show your ability, you must not miss it.

In the ocean of the NBA, if you want not to be eaten by other fish, you must become the shark that eats people.

……

Zhou Lin didn't allow Bickerstaff to replace him early. Facing Warwick, Zhou Lin's aggressiveness made the media feel a little different about the gentle and silent Asian players.

And Zhou Lin's pressure on Warwick on the defensive end also made the latter's anxiety appear on the defensive end.

Five minutes after the start of the game, Zhou Lin made Warwick's foul in the melee in the interior, walked to the free throw line, and scored his first two points in the game.

The Bobcats have also been suppressing the Grizzlies to play again.

Brandon Roy didn't feel good in this campaign. Facing the opponent's small forward Mike Miller's defense, he was slightly inaccurate, and only hit one of the first three shots.

In the next round, Brandon Roy found Zhou Lin to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and Zhou Lin, who was pulled outside the three-point line, finally hit the game and the first three-pointer of the season.

After a few more rounds, Zhou Lince assisted Gerald Wallace for a layup.

Also, at 9 minutes into the game, Zhou Lin grabbed the front board and completed the second attack.

Zhou Lin's offensive and defensive expressiveness was almost fully stretched.

Zhou Lin played for 10 minutes before being replaced. Even Bernie Bickerstaff took the initiative to give Zhou Lin a high-five.

He played a beautiful first quarter, with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks.

The best sixth man on the Grizzlies side has become the team's thigh in the absence of Gasol.

At the end of the first quarter, he scored two three-pointers in a row and scored 8 points in a single quarter.

Let the score of the two teams enter the second quarter with 24-24.

In the second quarter of the game, the Bobcats' players began to stretch their strides, and Redmond Felton frantically shot three-pointers from the outside.

In order to get him up to the starting point guard position, the team traded away Brevin Knight, so that he can play the No. 1 position comfortably and worry-free. Jia only scored 13 points with 11 shots. The first quarter of this game and the first half of the second quarter combined directly came to 7 of 1.

He is a typical representative of eating too much and playing too much during the offseason, but in the team, point guards are scarce, so naturally there is no better point guard than him, and there is also the support of senior Jordan , making his position almost safe.

Okafor's performance today was not good either. I felt that his footsteps were wrong. Either the ball was passed directly to him in singles, or he couldn't hit in singles. The opponent's white center Jack is not a ruthless player on the defensive end. , but his desire to attack is not very strong.

This team of brothers, maybe they went to Memphis to have fun last night.

Brandon Roy's touch in the second quarter did not pick up.

The only one online was Zhou Lin. After coming on in the second quarter, Zhou Lin made a mid-range shot, but during most of the time when Felton was in charge, Zhou Lin didn't get too many offensive opportunities.

The team's overall stretch performance made the Bobcats lose by 11 points in the second quarter.

53-42, Memphis at home took the lead.

Although the head coach Bernie Bickerstaff gave orders to Redmond Felton and Emeka Okafor during the intermission.

But the brain understands, but the body has not yet reacted.

In particular, after Redmond Felton made a difficult three-pointer at the start of the second half of the game, he felt like he was doing it again.

Then bang bang bang three irons.

Finally, his genius made head coach Bernie Bickerstaff take it no longer.

He had to bring up the team's backup guard, 32-year-old veteran Jeff McInnis.

Raymond Felton is a player who needs the ball very much. He has a high desire to attack. Of course, he also has a lot of assists, but these are all in exchange for a high ball possession ratio.

He's not Chris Paul or Steve Nash.

For various reasons last season, Redmond Felton was placed in the second position.

Of course, the shortage of players on the point guard line this season is also the reason why Bernie Bickerstaff is somewhat displeased with Zhou Lin.

After all, because Zhou Lin was accidentally selected by Jordan, in order to seek an offensive guard, the Bobcats had to send the team's starting point guard Brevin Knight to Atlanta.

Isn't this tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall!
Jeff McGinnis is also a player of the 96 golden generation, also from the University of North Carolina, and Jordan and Felton are alumni.

Last season in Cleveland, he averaged 12.8 points and 5.1 assists, the third highest in his career. However, when he went to New Jersey last year, he fell to 5+2. The Nets gave up on him. The tight Bobcats picked it up with an extremely cheap salary and used it.

But judging from the performance of the last game, this gentleman is already at the end of his career, and it is not without reason that the Nets gave up on him.

What's more, Bernie Bickerstaff is not Popovich who is good at transforming and improving players.

Of course, compared with Raymond Felton, at least he can't make wild shots.

McGinnis can carry the ball safely across the half court and then pass the ball to other players, and then wait for the shot in the open, and can make a field goal or two per game, which is already worthy of his salary.

However, Zhou Lin's performance in the first half made Bernie Bickerstaff seem to have found a way to use Zhou Lin again.

After McGinnis passed the ball to Zhou Lin, Zhou Lin made a false move and gave the ball to Gerald Wallace on the wing, who easily scored two points.

In the data column of the assistant coach, Zhou Lin has already received 3 assists, the same as Redmond Felton who made 11 shots.

And under the behest of Bernie Bickerstaff, McGinnis was also happy to give the ball to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin is playing against the Grizzlies at the No. [-] position. Whether it is the starter Warwick, the substitute Lawrence Roberts or the cameo Rudy Gay, it seems that they cannot effectively restrict Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin's breakthrough and scoring became a relatively efficient offensive method in this quarter.

In the second half of the third quarter, Zhou Lin, who got a chance, surrendered 5 points and 3 assists in this quarter.

Zhou Lin also raised the data to 14 points and 6 assists.

In fact, Zhou Lin passed the ball several times, and the Bobcats players failed to throw the ball in the open space.

Zhou Lin knows very well that a team with end-of-the-bench players poached by other teams and a few rookies drafted in three years really can't ask too much.

In the third quarter, the Bobcats pulled the score back a bit.

With 69-78, entered the fourth quarter.

The team boss Gerald Wallace also showed the attributes of both offense and defense in the early part of the fourth quarter. He first steals the flying mouse Stoudemire, and then in front of the rookie Rudy Gay, he made a mid-range shot. Three-pointer.

Brandon Roy, who performed poorly in the first three quarters and only scored 8 points with a 2-for-7 shooting percentage, also hit two mid-range shots in the early part of the fourth quarter, raising his score to double digits. , Also helped the team catch up with only 3 points.

Zhou Lin also contributed 2 points, 2 baskets and 1 assist.

But not long after the momentum recovered in the fourth quarter, Redmond Felton appeared again.

Bangbang hit the iron with two three-pointers.

One is absolutely open, and the other is a strong shot.

What should be invested is not invested, and what should not be invested is still not invested.

This is the most mentally disturbing thing. Even if you are playing wild ball, you will be very depressed when you meet this kind of player.

Redmond Felton almost has unlimited firepower, because the head coach has to use himself.

On the other hand, for the Grizzlies, Rudy Gay, who also encountered Waterloo today, got a chance to play in the fourth quarter despite only scoring 2 points in the first three quarters. First, he broke through Walter Herman on the offensive end and succeeded. , and hit a terrible 3-pointer.

With 3 minutes left in the game, a three-pointer threw the score back to 10 points.

Zhou Lin made his debut again, but it was difficult to get the ball from Redmond Felton.

Just grabbed a defensive rebound, almost all running back and forth.

Zhou Lin felt that he was about to dribble the ball home to play.

92-101.

The Charlotte Hornets lost on the road.

Suffered a two-game losing streak at the beginning of the season!
周林状态复苏10中7砍下16分6篮板7助攻3盖帽！

Brandon Roy was 11 of 5 and scored 13 points and 3 assists.

杰拉德华莱士11中5砍下12分7篮板3抢断。

Raymond Felton, 15 of 4, scored 8 points and 8 assists.

Emeka Okafor scored 9 points and 4 rebounds on 10 of 8 shots.

For the Grizzlies, Mike Miller scored 28 points, including 7 of 6 three-pointers, Eddie Jones 10 points, Warwick 8 points, Stoudemire 11 points, Rudy Gay 11 points 4 rebound...

To Zhou Lin's slight disappointment, except for himself and Brandon Roy, the other players seemed to be used to losing. On the return plane, they had a great time playing cards.

For a team that has just entered the league for less than three years and is still in the shaping period, losing is acceptable. The team has not yet established a so-called winning culture.

"Since my senior year, I've never lost two games in a row."

Brandon Roy sat next to Zhou Lin and said: "I'm not used to losing, but the rookies who enter the league with high picks are basically on bad teams, and we... are in a team without any precipitation. In my team, I expect to reach the playoffs within three years, which is almost too soon. I know you were in college, led a bunch of ordinary players to the NCAA finals and won the championship, but the NBA is different. Everyone's choice is different, so all we can ask for is ourselves."

Although Brandon Roy is also a rookie, he has played college basketball for four years, and he knew this situation before he came to the Bobcats.

Tomorrow, they will play against the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James. As long as the players perform normally, they may not be able to escape the three-game losing streak at the beginning of the season.

"Good job, my boy."

When Zhou Lin got off the plane, Misha drove there and waited there, and even sent flowers.

"Hey, the girl looks really nice."

"Zhou, don't be too tired tonight."

Everyone saw the white girl next to Zhou Lin.

The body is slender and a little thin.

It really is the taste of a boy who hasn't grown up.

"Two consecutive losses, this taste is really bad."

Zhou Lin sat in the co-pilot of the pickup, holding his head and thinking about today's game.

"The NBA is more difficult than the NCAA. It's normal to lose. It's good to win the next game. Well, tomorrow's back-to-back against the Cavaliers, it seems difficult to win, but, Zhou, can you help me tomorrow?" Come for LeBron's autograph?"

"I'll try my best..."

Misha looked at Zhou Lin and said, "My big boy, everyone wants to win, but after staying in a certain atmosphere for a long time, you will get used to it. Who has the most say in the locker room of your team."

"Probably Gerald."

"You can talk to him."

Misha said.

(End of this chapter)